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...notes that such overtones will harm the party's efforts to broaden its base. "How many niggers you got in Vermont?" a man shouts out. I peer over at the only black face in the room--that of a young security guard. He remains impassive. A burly, slightly drunk Ohioan goes to the microphone to make his contribution. "The Panama Canal is as much ours as Alaska or the Louisiana Purchase... We should make it the 51st state...
...sure, the lone Wallace delegate in the Texas delegation lost $500 to a mugger on a fashionable street bordering Central Park late one night. Some Oklahoma delegates had their Berkshire Hotel rooms rifled, but as one of them said: "It could have happened in any city." An Ohioan chased a burglar trying to break into his car, caught him, and returned to find that his car had been towed away from its no-parking zone by police; he paid $75 to get it back...
Although Hays tried to suggest that he would regain his powers after he is "vindicated," there was no doubt that the tyrannical Ohioan's reign on Capitol Hill had ended−permanently...
...gulf between Hays and the party leaders was also widened when Albert last week summoned Hays and, with O'Neill at the Speaker's side, asked the Ohioan to resign his leadership of the Campaign Committee. Albert argued that Hays had become too controversial to be an effective fund raiser. Hays angrily refused, but the touchy matter is far from settled...
Linebackers: (6) RANDY GRADISHAR, Ohio State University, 6 ft. 3 in., 236 Ibs., (7) WAYMOND BRYANT, Tennessee State, 6 ft. 3 in., 236 Ibs., and (8) ED O'NEIL, Penn State, 6 ft. 3 in., 220 Ibs. Grad-ishar is one Ohioan who did not escape Hayes. The "best Big Ten linebacker in three years," Gradishar is a punishing tackier capable of penetrating any block, and, say the scouts, "he has that great pro quality-the ability to cover somebody else's mistake." This year he made 71 unassisted tackles. Bryant rates as the top prospect for middle...